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Cultybraggan Camp
High-securityClosed 1992Low
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Background
Cultybraggan Camp, also known as the Black Camp of the North, is a former prisoner of war (PoW) camp located close to the village of Comrie, in west Perthshire, Scotland. Built in 1941, it was one of two high-security PoW camps in Britain during World War II and held many prisoners classified by British authorities as the most committed Nazis. The camp became notorious following the murder of Feldwebel Wolfgang Rosterg at the hands of other prisoners, with five later executed at Pentonville prison for their role in his death. During the Cold War, Cultybraggan housed a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post and an underground Regional Government Headquarters bunker. The site has since been sold under a community right-to-buy scheme to the Comrie Development Trust, who have overseen the conversion of some of the camp's Nissen huts into accommodation and locations for business ventures.
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Year opened
1941
Closed 1992
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Facility profile
Operator
Comrie Development TrustPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1941
Region
Perth and Kinross
Security level
High-security
Death-row facility
No
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Sources
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- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q114076888)
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Cultybraggan Camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cultybraggan-camp
Chicago
"Cultybraggan Camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cultybraggan-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-cultybraggan-camp,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Cultybraggan Camp},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/cultybraggan-camp},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}